Watermelon Slice Cupcakes

By dette

Ingredients

• CUPCAKES:
• 2 1/3 c all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 tp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 pkg (0.3oz) cherry or other red unsweetened soft
• drink mix
• 1 c. butter or margarine, softened
• 1 1/4 c sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2/3 c pureed watermelon (about 1 1/2c watermelon
• pieces)
• 3/4 c. miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• ICING:
• Decorator icing
• Green paste food color
• red paste food color
• DECORATION:
• 1/4 c. miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Details

Servings 24
Preparation time 65mins
Cooking time 67mins

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line muffin cups.

In medium bowl, mix flour, baking powder salt and drink mix; set aside

In large bowl, beat butter with electri mixer on medium speed 30 seconds. Gradually add sugar, about 1/4 c at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping bowl occasionally,. Beat 2 minutes longer.l Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. On low speed, alternately add flour mixture, about 1/3 of mixture at a time, and watermelon puree, about 1/2 at a time, beating just until blended. Stir in miniature chocolate chips.

Divide batter evenly among muffin cups, filling each with about 2/3 full.

Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 5 minutes. Revoe cupcakes from pans, place on cooling rack to cool.

Make Decorator Icing as directed in recipe. Tini 1 c. frosting with green paste food color. Place gren frosting in decorating bag fitted with #19 star tip; set aside. Tint remaining frosting with red paste food color. Frost cupcakes with red frosting to within 1/2" from edge.

Pipe 1 row of green frosting around edge of each cupcake to look like watemelon rind. Decorate each with chocolate chips to look like seeds.

cal 340; fat 16g; sat fat 9g; chol 55mg; sod 240mg; carb 45g; prot 2g; 1 starch; 2 other carb; 3 fat; carb choices: 3

using cake mix:
Substitute 1 box yellow cake mix for the cupcakes above. Puree enough waterelon to make 1 1/4c. Make cake mix as directed on box for cupcakes EXCEPT- use pureed watermelon instead of water, 1/3c. vegetable oil, 3 eggs and 1 pkg (0.3ox) cherry or ther red unsweetened soft drin mix. Sitr 3/4 c miniature chocolate chips into batter. Bake and cool as directed on box. Frost and decorate as directed in recipe.